The 2018 edition of the International Fire Code is hereby adopted and incorporated in full, save and except such portions as are herein amended, deleted or added by section 5.04.009, and shall be in force from the effective date of this article and shall be controlling within the areas of jurisdiction of the city.
(Ordinance 2021-03 adopted 4/20/2021)
(a)
Whenever the word "jurisdiction" is used in the International
Fire Code, 2018 edition, it shall be held to mean the corporate limits
of the City of Pecan Hill, Texas.
(b)
Whenever the phrase "corporate counsel" is used in the International
Fire Code, 2018 edition, they shall be held to mean the city attorney
for the City of Pecan Hill, Texas.
(c)
Whenever the phrase "chief of the bureau of fire prevention"
or word "chief" are used in this article and the International Fire
Code, 2018 edition, it shall be held to mean the fire chief or other
lead authority of fire rescue services serving the City of Pecan Hill.
(d)
Whenever the phrase "bureau of fire prevention" is used in this
article and the International Fire Code, 2018 edition, it shall be
held to mean the fire rescue services serving the City of Pecan Hill.
(e)
Whenever the word "city" is used in the International Fire Code,
2018 edition, it shall be held to mean the City of Pecan Hill.
(f)
Whenever the words "police chief" are used in the International
Fire Code, 2018 edition, they shall be held to mean the marshal or
head law enforcement officer of the City of Pecan Hill.
(g)
Whenever the words "building official" are used in the International
Fire Code, 2018 edition, they shall be held to mean the city's
marshal or other designated building official of the City of Pecan
Hill.
(h)
Whenever the words "fleet vehicle" are used in the International
Fire Code, 2018 edition, they shall be held to mean a motor vehicle
which is one of a group of motor vehicles, owned or operated as a
unit and used in the ongoing course of business.
(Ordinance 2021-03 adopted 4/20/2021)
(a)
The 2018 edition of the International Fire Code shall be enforced
by the bureau of fire prevention in the fire department serving the
city, which is hereby established, and which shall be operated under
the supervision of the chief of the fire department.
(b)
The fire marshal in charge of the bureau of fire prevention
shall be appointed by the chief of the fire department.
(Ordinance 2021-03 adopted 4/20/2021)
The limits referred to in section 5704 of the 2018 edition of
the International Fire Code in which storage of flammable or combustible
liquids in outside above-ground tanks is prohibited are hereby established
as follows: Any area within the city limits unless a permit therefor
has been issued by the bureau of fire prevention.
(Ordinance 2021-03 adopted 4/20/2021)
The limits referred to in section 6109 of the 2018 edition of
the International Fire Code in which the bulk storage of liquefied
petroleum gas is restricted are hereby established as follows: Any
area within the city limits unless a permit therefor has been issued
by the bureau of fire prevention.
(Ordinance 2021-03 adopted 4/20/2021)
The limits referred to in section 5604 of the 2018 edition of
the International Fire Code in which storage of explosives and blasting
agents is prohibited are hereby established as follows: Any area within
the city limits unless a permit therefor has been issued by the bureau
of fire prevention.
(Ordinance 2021-03 adopted 4/20/2021)
Whenever the fire marshal shall disapprove an application or
refuse to grant a permit applied for, or when it is claimed that the
provisions of the code adopted by this article do not apply or that
the true intent and meaning of the code have been misconstrued or
wrongly interpreted, the applicant may appeal from the decision of
the fire marshal to the office of the fire chief within thirty (30)
days from the date of the decision appealed.
(Ordinance 2021-03 adopted 4/20/2021)
The fire chief and the fire marshal shall act as a committee
to determine and specify, after giving affected persons an opportunity
to be heard, any new materials, processes or occupancies which shall
require permits, in addition to those now enumerated in the code adopted
by this article. The fire marshal of the division of fire prevention
shall post such list in a conspicuous place in his office and distribute
copies thereof to interested persons.
(Ordinance 2021-03 adopted 4/20/2021)
The fire code as adopted in this article, is hereby modified
by the deletions, amendments and additions provided herein to read
as follows:[1]
(Ordinance 2021-03 adopted 4/20/2021)
[1]
Editor’s note–The 2018 IFC Amendments are included as an attachment to this chapter.
(a)
Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation who
shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, such violation shall
be punishable by a fine in an amount not to exceed two thousand dollars
($2,000.00). Each and every instance of the violation of this article
constitutes a separate offense and shall be punishable by separate
fines for each offense.
(b)
Nothing is this article shall preclude the city's pursuit
of any and all other remedies allowed under the civil and criminal
statutes of the state, and in equity, including, but not necessarily
limited to, chapter 54, subchapter B, of the Texas Local Government
Code, to prosecute civil suits for enforcement, injunctive relief,
and civil penalties. Neither shall the city be required, nor prohibited,
to issue criminal citations before, after, or during any proceeding
prescribed in this article.
(Ordinance 2021-03 adopted 4/20/2021)
